I cannot open Publisher 2 files

[Paul Hill Guitarist]

I need to edit a bunch of pdf files that I created a while back and every time I load them into Publisher 2 and click on anything, it crashes. 

I am on version 2.6.2
Mac operating system: Sonoma 14.6.1

I have deselected "Hardware Acceleration" and I have uninstalled and reinstalled Publisher 2.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[Hangman]

Hi @Paul Hill Guitarist,

Can you upload one of the PDF files that is causing Publisher to crash so we can take a look...

[Paul Hill Guitarist]

The problem is they are pdf books to purchase, so I can't post them on to a forum.

[Hangman]

Hi @Paul Hill Guitarist,

Completely understand. Feel free to DM one to me if that is an option. I'd be happy to take a look and then delete the file afterwards...

[Paul Hill Guitarist]

Thanks, I just DM'd you.

[Hangman]

22 minutes ago, Paul Hill Guitarist said:

Thanks, I just DM'd you.

I've just replied...

[Paul Hill Guitarist]

Thank you so much for the help with this. Just so others can benefit, here is my solution inspired by the awesome help of @Hangman:

The problem was the file path to the embedded files and my files stored on One Drive.

 

I have a very old MacBook and I installed Publisher 2 onto that.

I could open the files on my MacBook, so I then used resource manager and changed embedded files to linked files, saved everything to a folder on Dropbox and voila! I can now open the files and edit on my main Mac.